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Although many companies use their full names, there are some that are more well-known by their acronyms than by their full names.

Let's take a look at 25 such companies and find out what their acronyms stand for.

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DHL Boeing cargo aircraft at Ljubljana's airport Brnik in Slovenia.

DHL

Full name: DHL is based on the last names of the three founders, Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn.

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A view of IBM headquarters at la Defense in Paris.

IBM

Full name: International Business Machines Corporation.

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TLC's original name was The Learning Channel.

TLC

Full name: The Learning Channel.

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FIAT

Full name: Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino.

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People walk past a HMV store branch in London.

HMV

Full name: His Master's Voice.

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N Chandrasekaran, CEO, Tata Consultancy Services, in Mumbai.

TCS

Full name: Tata Consultancy Services.

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People are pictured beside screens at the booth of German company SAP in Hanover, Germany.

SAP

Full name: System Analysis and Program Development.

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A worker moves a trolley loaded with packed processed cheese in Khatraj village.

Amul

Full name: Anand Milk Union Limited.

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Ikea

Full name: Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd. The company's name is an acronym comprising the initials of the founder's name (Ingvar Kamprad), the farm where he grew up (Elmtaryd) and his hometown (Agunnaryd, in Smaland, South Sweden).

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A shop attendant arranges HTC phones in a mobile phone store in Taipei, Taiwan.

HTC

Full name: High Tech Computer Corporation.

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JBL

Full name: JBL is based on the founder's name, James Bullough Lansing.

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Full name: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company was its former name.

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H&M

Full name: Hennes & Mauritz.

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White Apple iPhone 4 and iPad 2 are advertised in the window of an AT&T cellular store in Los Angeles.

AT&T

Full name: American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

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Employees of ING group take a break in front of their office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

ING

Full name: International Netherlands Group.

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BMW i8 Concept Spyder hybrid in New York.

BMW

Full name: Bayerische Motoren Werke.

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A Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Shanghai.

KFC

Full name: Kentucky Fried Chicken.

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A model with a BPL mobile phone in Calcutta.

BPL

Full name: British Physical Laboratories.

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BASF

Full name: Baden Aniline and Soda Factory.

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BEML

Full name: Bharat Earth Movers Limited.

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BHEL

Full name: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited.

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ICICI

Full name: Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Bank was its original name.

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HDFC

Full name: Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited.

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ESPN

Full name: Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.

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HCL

Full name: Hindustan Computer Limited.